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[–]Jacinda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Jim Goad cites a few statistics in his column while pondering the essential question: "Why so much whiteness in the veterinarian profession?"

Counter Currents:

Maybe there are more white veterinarians because white people are 75% more likely than blacks to own pets?

Or because blacks are 36% more likely to abuse animals compared to whites?

Or because whites are far likelier than blacks to be animal-rights activists?

Or because many black Americans viewed NFL quarterback Michael Vick as a persecuted victim of the White Supremacist Prison-Industrial Complex rather than a monstrous creep for drowning and electrocuting dogs?

Or because blacks do things such as put dogs in microwave ovens and beat raccoons to death with a baseball bat — while filming it — in protest of police allegedly treating blacks “like animals”? [Cont...]

Edit: Replaced incorrect link.

[–]curious2[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Thanks for the effort here. Do you know on which of the 19 pages it says blacks are 36 percent more likely to abuse animals? I skimmed it pretty thoroughly and couldn’t find that.

[–]Jacinda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I simply copied the link.

Goad prides himself on the accuracy of his sources. You could always leave a message for him over at Counter Currents. He normally replies.

Edit: Just read the document and I couldn't find it either. I did however find this:

Being Jewish was the most significant predictor of refusal to eat meat, followed by having no religion, being a member of the “other religion” category, being black, being a member of an environmental group, being a member of the “other race” category, claiming to do what one can to help the environment, driving less to save the environment, and trying to buy chemical-free produce.

If not eating meat is a criteria then white males score poorly.

Edit II: WRONG LINK. I pasted the wrong link — here's the correct one:

Correlates of Cruelty to Animals in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

[Snip...]

The lifetime prevalence of animal cruelty in U.S. adults was 1.8%. Men, African-Americans, Native-Americans/Asians, native-born Americans, persons with lower levels of income and education and adults living the western region of the U.S. reported comparatively high levels of cruelty to animals, whereas Hispanics reported comparatively low levels of such behavior. Cruelty to animals was significantly associated with all assessed antisocial behaviors. Adjusted analyses revealed strong associations between lifetime alcohol use disorders, conduct disorder, antisocial, obsessive-compulsive, and histrionic personality disorders, pathological gambling, family history of antisocial behavior, and cruelty to animals. [Cont...]

You could always ask the authors of the article — they might know of further research.

[–]curious2[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks again

[–]Jacinda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No problem.